11 (A)then it shall come about that the place in which the Lord your God will choose for His name to dwell, there you shall bring everything that I command you: your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the [a]contribution of your hand, and all your choice vowed offerings which you will vow to the Lord. 12 And you shall (B)rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your sons and daughters, your male and female slaves, and the (C)Levite who is within your gates, since (D)he has no portion or inheritance with you.

13 (E)Be careful that you do not offer your burnt offerings in any cultic place that you see, 14 but only in the place which the Lord chooses in one of your tribes: there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do everything that I command you.

15 (F)However, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates, [b]whatever you desire, according to the blessing of the Lord your God which He has given you; the unclean and the clean alike may eat it, as (G)the gazelle and the deer. 16 (H)Only you shall not eat the blood; (I)you are to pour it out on the ground like water. 17 (J)You are not allowed to eat within your gates the tithe of your grain, new wine, or oil, or the firstborn of your herd or flock, or any of your vowed offerings which you vow, or your [c]voluntary offerings, or the [d]contribution of your hand. 18 But (K)you shall eat them before the Lord your God in (L)the place which the Lord your God will choose, you and your son and daughter, and your male and female slaves, and the (M)Levite who is within your gates; and you shall (N)rejoice before the Lord your God in all [e]your undertakings.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 12:11 Or uplifted offering
  2. Deuteronomy 12:15 Lit in every desire of your soul
  3. Deuteronomy 12:17 Or freewill offerings
  4. Deuteronomy 12:17 Or uplifted offering
  5. Deuteronomy 12:18 Lit the putting forth of your hand

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